In the line at the store, the cashier told the older-woman
plastic bags weren’t good for the environment.
The woman apologized to her and explained, “We didn’t
have the green-thing back in my day.”
That’s right, they didn’t have the green-thing in her day.
Back then, they returned their milk-bottles, soda-bottles
and beer-bottles to the store. The store sent them back
to the plant to be washed, sterilized and refilled using the
same-bottles over and over so they really were recycled.
But they didn’t have the green-thing back in her day.
In her day, they walked up stairs because they didn’t have
an escalator in every store and office building. They walked
to the grocery store and didn’t climb into a 300-horsepower
machine every time they had to go two blocks.But she’s right;
they didn’t have the green-thing in her day.
Back then, they washed the baby’s diapers because they
didn’t have the throw-away kind. They dried clothes on a
line, not in an energy-gobbling machine burning up 220 volts;
wind- and solar-power really did dry the clothes. Kids got
hand-me-down clothes from their brothers or sisters; not
always brand-new clothing.
But that old-lady is right, they didn’t have the green-thing
back in her day.
Back then, they had one television or radio in the house;
not a television in every room and that television had a
small-screen the size of a pizza dish not a screen the size
of the state of Montana.
In the kitchen, they blended and stirred by hand because
they didn’t have electric-machines to do everything for you.
When they packaged a fragile-item to send in the mail, they
used wadded-up newspaper to cushion it, not styrofoam or
plastic-bubblewrap. Back then, they didn’t fire up an engine
and burn gasoline to cut the lawn. They used a pushmower
that ran on human-power. They exercised by working so they
didn't need to go to the health-club or run on a treadmill
operating on electricity.
But she is right, they didn't have the green-thing back then.
They drank from a fountain when they were thirsty instead
of using a cup or a plastic- bottle every time they had a drink
of water. They refilled pens with ink instead of buying a new pen.
They replaced the razor-blades in a razor instead of throwing away
the whole razor just because the blade got dull.
But they didn’t have the green-thing back then.
Back then, people took the streetcar and kids rode their
bicycles to school or rode the school bus instead of turning
their moms into a 24-hour taxi service.
They had one electrical-outlet in a room, not an entire-bank
of sockets to power a dozen appliances.
They didn’t need a computerized-gadget to receive a signal
beamed from satellites 2,000 miles out in space in order to
find the nearest pizza joint; there was a kitchen in the house
used to fix-your-own or eat what Mom cooked.
It’s a crying-shame that we didn’t have the green-thing
back then!
plastic bags weren’t good for the environment.
The woman apologized to her and explained, “We didn’t
have the green-thing back in my day.”
That’s right, they didn’t have the green-thing in her day.
Back then, they returned their milk-bottles, soda-bottles
and beer-bottles to the store. The store sent them back
to the plant to be washed, sterilized and refilled using the
same-bottles over and over so they really were recycled.
But they didn’t have the green-thing back in her day.
In her day, they walked up stairs because they didn’t have
an escalator in every store and office building. They walked
to the grocery store and didn’t climb into a 300-horsepower
machine every time they had to go two blocks.But she’s right;
they didn’t have the green-thing in her day.
Back then, they washed the baby’s diapers because they
didn’t have the throw-away kind. They dried clothes on a
line, not in an energy-gobbling machine burning up 220 volts;
wind- and solar-power really did dry the clothes. Kids got
hand-me-down clothes from their brothers or sisters; not
always brand-new clothing.
But that old-lady is right, they didn’t have the green-thing
back in her day.
Back then, they had one television or radio in the house;
not a television in every room and that television had a
small-screen the size of a pizza dish not a screen the size
of the state of Montana.
In the kitchen, they blended and stirred by hand because
they didn’t have electric-machines to do everything for you.
When they packaged a fragile-item to send in the mail, they
used wadded-up newspaper to cushion it, not styrofoam or
plastic-bubblewrap. Back then, they didn’t fire up an engine
and burn gasoline to cut the lawn. They used a pushmower
that ran on human-power. They exercised by working so they
didn't need to go to the health-club or run on a treadmill
operating on electricity.
But she is right, they didn't have the green-thing back then.
They drank from a fountain when they were thirsty instead
of using a cup or a plastic- bottle every time they had a drink
of water. They refilled pens with ink instead of buying a new pen.
They replaced the razor-blades in a razor instead of throwing away
the whole razor just because the blade got dull.
But they didn’t have the green-thing back then.
Back then, people took the streetcar and kids rode their
bicycles to school or rode the school bus instead of turning
their moms into a 24-hour taxi service.
They had one electrical-outlet in a room, not an entire-bank
of sockets to power a dozen appliances.
They didn’t need a computerized-gadget to receive a signal
beamed from satellites 2,000 miles out in space in order to
find the nearest pizza joint; there was a kitchen in the house
used to fix-your-own or eat what Mom cooked.
It’s a crying-shame that we didn’t have the green-thing
back then!
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